Monday, 5 May 2014

Cockabilly at The George & Dragon DJ Set List 25 April 2014

/ Below: In an ideal world, when I look down from
the George and Dragon DJ booth at Cockabilly, the scene at the bar would look
like this /

I’d like to dedicate this Cockabilly to the
great New York-based punk-era photographer, scene-maker, raconteur and
connoisseur of firm male fleshLeee Black Childers (24 July 1945 – 16 April
2014). As pop culture theorist Paul Gorman
beautifully and succinctly summarizes in hisonline tribute: “no one
was embedded in and simultaneously chronicling the demi-monde of glitter, glam
and punk, of Warhol’s Manhattan, Iggy’s LA and McLaren’s London, in the manner
of this charismatic soul.” I will always appreciate the sweetness,
generosity and encouragement Leee unfailingly showed me over the years and miss
his stories and old-style Southern good manners. His 2012 bookDrag
Queens, Rent Boys, Pick Pockets, Junkies, Rock Stars and Punks(the title perfectly reflects the
milieu Leee moved in) is a wonderful testament to his talents. He will be
sorely missed. Read Christopher Raymond's obituary for Leee Black Childers here.

/ Leee was an early supporter of Cockabilly. The above photo of he and I was taken at one of the firstCockabillyclub nights in 2008 when it was still at The Moustache Bar in Dalston. (As the former manager of Levi and The Rockats, Leee knew a thing or two about cute rockabilly boys) /

/ Raw beauty: sexily disheveled 1950s B-movie bad girl Mamie Van Doren demonstrating how to fill out how a tight sweater. It just wouldn't be a Cockabilly without a track by La Mamie /

/ As usual, if you've made it this far down you get rewarded with some bonus / gratuitous vintage beefcake male nudity /

In other news: the international sin set has been waiting - and the first Lobotomy Room of 2014 is Saturday 31 May 2014 in the subterranean basement lair of Ryan's Bar in Stoke Newington (or "outer Dalston", as I prefer).LOBOTOMY ROOM – cram a lifetime of thrills into one squalid night! A FREE putrid punkabilly booze party for sullen and defiant rebel rousers! Juvenile delinquents of all ages!The Facebook events pageFurther reading:Read about previous Cockabilly nights (London's only regular queer rockabilly night!) here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here

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